Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
IsTORY OF THE Week.

HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
The Canadian Pacific r.. r., has Sc
q lred an entrance into Chicago throughPres
ident Ledyard Of the Michigan Central. Th
Canadian Pacific will run its freight train
from st. Thomas to- Detroit over the~Michi
gan Central thence over the Wabash to But
Ter, Ind, and at that point connect with th,
Baltimore q Ohio, reaching Chicago owe
the latter's tracks. 1t will also use tn,
Wabash road to East st. Louis. Its through
Michigan Central from Chicago. The, pro
posed advent Of the new line causes con
siderable huttering among the officials o
the Eastbound routes. ~ sanss'.
A Chicago dispatch of the oath say!
that the necessity for more storage room
created by the present speculative situation
has brought about a project which is abou'
to take shape in the building of a, new ele
vator witha capacity Of 4,50O,00 bushels
It is to be located on Goose Island beside
It is ascertained beyond q reasonable doubt
that the owners are p. D.. Armour and the
above-named railroad company. The con
Summation of this scheme, it is said may have
some unsatisfactory influence upon the
milling interest at Minneapolis.
VIM. O'Brien, the Irish orator
arrived at Montreal Friday from Albany,
and was met at the depot by IN immense
concourse OF people, who took the horse
from the carriage occupied by O'Brien
amid the singing of "God Save Ireland =
The carriage was drawn to st Lawrence
h0n 49, Al IA Ill ~ D~-s~ -.
made a speech. His address covered about
the same grounds he I'd covered before.
He was frequently applauded, and the men
ton of Lansdowne's name was greeted with
groans and misses. Several other speeches
were made, but there was no outbreak. q
Local elections took place in Vir-
ginia on the 2l.rh. In Norfolk county
Ashbury. a colored Republican was elected
commemorative attorney, which is said to
be the first time in the history of the state
where a cOlored man has been elected to
this position. Portsmouth City elected the
Democratic ticket by a large majority over
labor ticket.
The remains of Mary Harden were
inferred at Athens, Ca, on Sunday,
with the original manuscript Of John
Howard Payne's CLONE, Sweet Home,"
which was interlined with the authors pro-
testation of love and a proposal of marriage
which her father influenced her to reject. :
The visible supply of wheat in the
United States and Canada decreased 1885,
600 bushels during the past week, corn de-
creased 552, 600 bushels, oats decreased ST.
600 bushels and barley decreased 1000
bushels. Rye increased2l9 600 bushels. The
stock of wheat On hand is 43,0lS,00O bushels
A party of eight men set out from
Harbor Springs, Mich, on Sunday, for a
sail on Traverse bay. The yacht was struck
by a squat and capsized and five of the
party, Including Capt. Gale, the host, were
drowned. The gentlemen were from Chi
cago and Milwaukee. 5:,..Y<Es5,E,
At Wichita, Kansas, Capt. W. S.
White, one of the most prominent and
highly respected citizens, and fog many
years editor of the Beacon, died at his home
there at 8 o'clock Friday morning. He was
married to his betrothed an hour before his
death. 5 EE*f#%. Ill :<t%F !
, $3.50 has been subscribed in Michi-'
gan for Lake Linden sufferers by fire, but a
great deal more must be supplied, as the
total insurance is only S427 coo on q loss of
s2,0O0,tUO. Appeals for aid are made to the
country generally =
The barbecue given Thursday by the
National Butchers Association at Chicago,
is pronounced the greatest event of the
Kind on record. Forty thousand persons
were present and $1,000 pounds of meat
were served. -'. 49,
May oath, the sixty-eighth anniver-
sary Of Queen Victoria's birthday was
loyalty celebrated in Winnipeg and through
out the province : Every town and
The business failures during the last
seven days number for the United 1a3, for
Canada ~, a total of us against $50 last
week and 181 the corresponding week of
last year. - :
Two thousand people are destitute at
Lake Linden, Mich, and measures are being
taken at Detroit and other places for their
relief.
$4,000, including $4,000 appro-
priated by the Michigan legislature, has
been pledged for the Lake Linden sufferers
Eight houses were destroyed by fire
at Panama and a few persons injured, May
%. Loss 100000.